Michael Jackson's grim autopsy revealed - disturbing tattoos and huge skin change

Michael Jackon always kept his health private - so much so that he refused to let doctors and physicians away from certain parts of his body. But his history of cosmetic surgery and secret health battle was laid bare after his death in June 2009. On the 16th anniversary of his death, let's take a look inside his disturbing autopsy.

The King of Pop passed away at the age of 50 after an overdose of surgical anaesthetic propofol at his mansion in Los Angeles. It was later revealed that years of surgery, prescription drugs and an apparent battle with anorexia had ravaged his body, with the singer weighing in at 8st 10oz after his death. The singer's autopsy report made for horrifying reading, with unexpected scars and mystery wounds dotted all over his body.

There was nothing particularly dissolved pills in his stomach after reportedly surviving on just one small meal a day. It is understood Jackson had puncture wounds all over his arms, believed to have been caused my drugs he was injecting in a desperate bid to overcome his chronic insomnia.

His hips, thighs, and shoulders were also covered in puncture wounds from what is believed to be from painkiller injections. There were also visible traces of the numerous cosmetic surgeries he'd undergone over the years - with two surgical scars behind his ears and two more on either side of his nostrils.

Doctors concluded that many of the scars at the base of his neck and on his arms and wrists were the results of various operations.

As well as the countless surgery scars, Jackson also underwent some strange cosmetic procedures, including having his lips tattooed pink. But that wasn't the only facial tattoos he had.

His eyebrows were tattooed black and the front of his scalp had also bizarrely been tattooed black to blend with his hairline. Meanwhile, the star's knees and shins were mysteriously bruised and he had cuts on his back, suggesting a recent fall before his death.

Michael's body was also mottled with areas of light and dark skin, confirming that the singer did indeed suffer from the pigmentation disease vitiligo.

But more disturbingly, his wavy, shoulder-length hair was discovered to be a wig that had been glued onto his head. Beneath it, Jackson was completely bald apart from patches of "peach fuzz" on his scarred scalp.

A source close to the singer told The Sun: "He was skin and bone, his hair had fallen out, and he had been eating nothing but pills when he died.

"Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he'd been in terminal decline for some years."